Scream
Cast
David Arquette .... Deputy Dwight 'Dewey' Riley
Neve Campbell .... Sidney Prescott
Courteney Cox .... Gale Weathers
Skeet Ulrich .... Billy Loomis
Rose McGowan .... Tatum Riley
Directed by
Wes Craven
Rater # has description and review.
Rater #1
Has Not Seen Movie
Rater #2
8/10. Scream is in the same category as The Matrix and Crouching Tiger,
Hidden Dragon. They've been parodied so much it seems like the movie
is just a parody of it. Scream is a parody, but an unfunny parody, of
the teen slasher flicks of the 80's, such as Halloween and Friday the
13th. In it, a masked killer runs around trying to kill a helpless
teenager in a quiet, idyllic small town. Unlike, say, A Nightmare on
Elm Street (which was cleverly referenced with "Fred the janitor"),
Scream actually had some good scary parts to it, making it a great
horror/slasher film, which it didn't want to be.
Sidney (Neve Campbell)'s mother was raped and murdered a year ago.
Her father is going out of town. A masked killer has already killed
Casey (Drew Barrymore) and her boyfriend, and it looks like Sidney's
next! Nobody's safe from the masked killer in the famous mask (based
on Munch's "Scream" painting), but it's up to Sidney to figure out
who he is and why he's killing everyone. I'm not a huge gore fan (but
I am a huge Gore fan, pardon the political "humor"), but I'm not
squeamish, and I wanted Scream to have a little more gore, but I
wasn't complaining. Red was abound but not realistic (I'll get to
that later), but I'm happy that Wes Craven didn't go for the PG-13
audience. This would not have worked as PG-13.
What makes Scream so scary is that it's more realistic than other
slashers. The killer kills in a realistic way (such as, not attacking
in dreams), and the victims fight back, knocking out the killer. The
killer is real, not some fictional being that exists in the head of
the teenagers. The acting is very good for this type of movie, with
the standout being Barrymore, who's billed high but is only in a
little bit of the movie. Also, I liked all of the horror movie
references, and how it's sort of a huge meta-reference. Overall,
Scream is a screamingly good time that won't disappoint.
Rater #3
Has Not Seen Movie.
Rater #4
Has Not Seen Movie.
Rated R for strong graphic horror violence and gore, and for language.
Running time: 111 minutes
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